General
Information
The Appalachian School of Law Library offers students, faculty, staff, the bench and bar, and the general public access to over 208,000 volumes of legal materials. The Library maintains a core collection of federal and regional reporters, all federal and state codes, citators, and almost 3500 periodical subscriptions. The Library also subscribes to a number of online databases. Anyone may access the Library's online catalog by using computers located throughout the Library, or through the Internet.
During the academic year, the Library is generally open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. The Library is not open to the public on Saturdays or Sundays.
Changes to the schedule are posted on our web site and on the entrance doors.
The Library has longer hours for members of the ASL community. Please note that our librarians cannot answer legal questions nor can they do research for the public.
Physical Facility
The Library has 24,780 net square feet of space, with room for a later expansion. The Library has several group study rooms, all of which offer a combination TV/VCR and a white board (remote controls, markers, and erasers are available at the Circulation Desk). The Library's Seminar Room is available for formal and informal classes; it also houses our provisional computer lab.
The Circulation & Reserve Area, located on the first floor, is usually the first place for our patrons to ask questions. Some items in the Library may be checked out to members of the ASL community (public patrons do not have borrowing privileges), and can easily be processed by bringing the books and a valid ASL ID to the Circulation Desk. The Reserve Area holds course reserve materials, videotapes and audiotapes, and popular study aids like Hornbooks and Nutshells.
There is one self-service photocopier in the upstairs photocopier area of the Library. Copies are ten cents per page. The Library does not provide change; the machines do not take dollar bills but do take coins.
Services
The Library offers general reference services to all Library patrons. During the school year, reference librarians are usually available at the Reference Desk (located next to the Circulation & Reserve Desk) Monday through Thursday from 8 am until 6 pm, and Friday from 8 am until 5 pm. The Library also offers an electronic reference service to ASL faculty, staff, and students. Please note that our librarians cannot answer legal questions for the public.
The Library offers other services to members of the ASL community, such as Interlibrary Loan, access to certain electronic databases such as LexisNexis and Westlaw, and a number of publications. More information about the Library can be found in our Student User Guide, available here.
Library
Rules
- Please keep noise to a minimum while in the Library.
- Drinks must be in spill-proof containers (ie, no soda cans or to-go cups). All other food and drink is prohibited.
- Tobacco use is not allowed in the Library. This includes cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The designated smoking area is behind the Classroom Building.
- The ASL community must show their ASL ID cards to remain in the building when the staff closes the Library. All other persons will be asked to leave. Fines will be charged for late or damaged materials. Please see the user guide for details.
Suggestions
If you have suggestions as to how we can improve our Library services, please:
- Tell a library staff member
- Leave a comment in our Library suggestion box, which is located in the upstairs copy area
- Send an e-mail with your comments
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